Vitamin turns into `gymnast’ inside our body
London: Scientists have captured first full image of vitamin B12 – which forms a part of our nutritious diet like all other vitamins and minerals – in action. Researchers have created the first full...
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Folate and Cancer
Focus on Folate One of the biggest breakthroughs in vitamin research was when researchers discovered that a woman with a deficiency in folate, a B vitamin, was at an increased risk of having a...
Thalidomide Kills Cancer
Multiple myeloma is one of the fastest growing cancers in the United States. Cancer of the bone marrow strikes nearly 14,000 Americans every year, and there’s no cure. However, there may be a way...
Prenatal Screening and Testing
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — It goes without saying that every expectant parent wants one thing, and that is to have a healthy baby. Over the past few decades, prenatal technology has become increasingly sophisticated, allowing...